These fantastic images show white tigers fighting for scraps of meat thrown in to their enclosure in Singapore Zoo.

They were taken by London photographer Jastinder Mahal.

Jastinder, 41, said: 'Throughout the zoo there are feeding sessions for the animals, and these are spread out throughout the day. Being in the tropics you can imagine that most of the animals just sit and sleep. This is especially true of the big cats.

British photographer Jastinder Mahal managed to capture perfectly the beauty and chaos of feeding time in the tiger enclosure

'These feeding sessions allow the public to see these animals in action so to speak. I believe the big cats are given a mixture of chicken pieces, cow and horse meat.

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'The lions, jaguars and cheetahs all have these feeding sessions, but all of these big cats simply want the meat to land in front of them. They then approach the pieces of meat and decided if they want them or not.

'But the tigers are something else as these images show. They actually make an attempt to catch the meat in either their jaws or their massive paws.

Nothing comes between this white tiger at Singapore Zoo and its lunch

'They are actually very good at this and catch more that they miss. They will be in position in the moat and launch themselves with amazing speed out of the water. Then they go on dry land and play catch.

'To get the images as sharp as I would like takes a lot of skill and patience. When blown up you can see every bit of water falling of the tiger.

'These animals move extremely quickly and therefore I need to ensure that the camera's settings will cope with the speed.

'You cannot simply use the camera on fully automatic settings as the camera has no idea what you are taking a picture of and therefore something fast moving would simply produce a blurred shot most of the time.'

The white tigers make every attempt possible to catch the meat in their paws so the vital process of eating can begin as quickly as possible